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"And he catches the Snitch!" Ron shouted as Harry wrapped his fingers around the small winged ball. They were playing Quidditch in the paddock behind the Burrow and Harry was on a team with Ron and Hermione. They were playing against Ginny, Fred, and George. Harry was extraordinary at Quidditch and Ron was also pretty good but Hermione was atrocious while Fred, George, and Ginny were all pretty good, so the teams were pretty even.
"Nice job son!" James yelled from where he was watching them play.
"Mr. Potter, why don't you and Sirius come play with us?" Fred shouted from his spot in the air. Everyone else shouted their agreement. James and Sirius looked at each other, smirked and raced each other to their brooms. James joined Fred, George, and Ginny's team while Sirius joined the other trio.
The game lasted for over three hours when finally both James and Harry went into a spectacular dive after the Snitch. Lily smiled from her place on the sidelines. Harry looked like a mini version of James on his broom. Quickly, Lily conjured a camera and snapped a shot of the two.
Harry and James were still in the dive, glancing at each other every few seconds. Finally, Harry stretched out his hand as far it would go; he practically jumped off his broom, caught the Snitch, and found himself dangling off his broom with one hand on it.
"Wow! That's way cooler than anything James ever did!" Sirius exclaimed. James glared at his fellow Marauder but had to agree. He had never jumped off his broomstick.
"All right everyone. Dinner!" Molly Weasley shouted out from the kitchen window. Everyone hurriedly landed and ran into to sit at the table that was set outside for the large number of people staying at the Burrow. James and Sirius were acting like kids, begging for fifth servings of everything and telling Ron and Harry about all the pranks the Marauders played while at school. Both boys laughed uproariously at the stories while Lily rolled her eyes, remembering the part they were leaving out: most of these pranks were played on their Potions Professor.
That night, as Harry and Ron were getting ready for bed, Harry said, "Some of those pranks the Marauders played seemed pretty cool. Wouldn't it be cool to make a new ago of Marauders?"
"That would be cool. And Fred and George would be happy to help too." Ron replied. They both smirked as they ran off to the twins' room.
"I think we'll be of assistance." Said Fred
"But on one condition," George added.
"And what would that be?" Harry asked, trying to hide his fear that they would ask something impossible.
"We want to be part of the New Marauders." Fred said with a smirk. Harry and Ron sighed with relief. That wasn't as bad as they thought.
"Sure. But we need to get started as soon as possible." Said Ron. So, with their heads together, they planned a welcome back prank.
When September 1st came, they all crowded into Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia and set off. James, Lily, and Kat said their goodbyes to Harry that morning, saying that they would see him at Christmas and flooed back to Godric's Hollow. Once they got to King's Cross Percy, Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley went before Ron and Harry started towards the barrier. As soon as they approached the barrier, however, it sealed itself and they crashed. "Let's go wait by the car." Harry suggested.
"The car…"
"I cannot believe him!" Shouted Lily. She and James had just received a letter from Hogwarts about Harry and Ron flying a car into the Whomping Willow.
"Oooh Harry's in trouble." Kat said in a sing song voice with a sly grin on her face. She could just imagine the look on his face when he received a Howler. Although she did feel a little pity for him, it was also kind of funny.
"Calm down Lils. He wasn't hurt and trust me, neither was the Whomping Willow." James said in a soothing voice.
"Fine, but he's getting a Howler." Lily muttered. James winced, but figured Harry deserved it a little. Lily was scribbling madly on a piece of parchment. When she was finished, she pointed her wand at the envelope and it turned bright red. She gave the Howler to Hedwig, who was delivering the letter from Dumbledore, who promptly flew off in the direction of Hogwarts.
Harry sat at breakfast thinking about the New Marauders next prank. They had decided not to play a welcome back prank, since Harry and Ron were already in so much trouble. A flutter of wings announced the arrival of the mail. Hedwig dropped down in front of Harry, dropped the red envelope on his plate, stole some toast and flew off.
All the color in Harry's face drained. Ron had gotten a Howler yesterday. That was horrible enough, and it didn't even come from his own mom. Harry slowly opened the letter…
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU FLEW THAT CAR! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU BUT ON THE LINE? YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN HURT! RON COULD'VE GOTTEN HURT! TRUST ME YOUNG MAN, IF YOU PULL ANOTHER STUNT LIKE THIS, I WILL NOT BE THIS LENIENT!"
The letter burst into flame as everyone in the Great Hall continued to stare. If this was lenient, he really didn't want to do something like that again. In a sort of daze, Harry made his way up to the Gryffindor Common Room where Ron was still working on an essay for Snape. He too one look at Harry and said, "Howler?" Harry nodded. That was horrible.